Went to the school store to buy some soap today. Nestled in-between the regular brands (like Safeguard) we found a new option for our buying pleasure. And buy it we did. And just so you know, U.S.A. scent turns out
Behind the Scenes of our Book Trailer
It’s only 3 weeks until the release of my new book, The Fuzzy Philosopher, and we are hard at work behind the scenes. These days you can’t release a new book without making a book trailer. A book trailer is
Rolf Potts Traveled the World. What Did You Do?
What seems like just a few weeks ago, I was reading about Rolf Pott’s decision to travel for a long time no luggage. He was preparing to travel the world, the entire world, for 6 weeks with not a stitch
Chinese Graffiti is Cool
When I see a tree with someone’s initial’s carved into it, I get really mad. Carving a tree trunk is a good way to kill a tree, it’s rude, and it looks really stupid and junky. But I don’t mind
Got an Hour? Watch this Documentary!
I recently watched this documentary and thought it was worth sharing. It’s called Please Vote for Me and it’s about kid’s running to be class monitor. You see, every class in China has a class monitor. It’s like the class
The Fuzzy Philosopher: Our First Review!
Our new book, The Fuzzy Philosopher, isn’t on sale for another 3 weeks (Nov. 9th, mark your calendars) but the first review was just published on blogcritic.com! It was written by Gordon Haupfleisch, a Blogcritics Books Editor and book reviewer
Chinglish: Signs in Parks Edition
Here are some classic signs I’ve seen in parks and other public areas.
Drawing a Crowd
Walking in Hangzhou the other day we noticed a gathered crowd. A crowd in China is nothing to get too excited about, sometimes even we cause a small crowd to gather when we eat dinner outside or go clothes shopping.
A (Tiny) Phoenix Rises from the Ashes
Several months ago my credit card expired and I got a new one. That’s not a big deal except for the fact that in preparing for years of travel, I set up many bills to be paid automatically through the
Birth Control in China
Here’s a special entry for all you ladies of child bearing years living in China. (If that category doesn’t include you, please feel free to skip. I’ll be back to my chinglish/history type articles soon enough.) When I lived in